Do you believe in it? Are you skeptic? Have you had any personal experiences with it? Have you heard entertaining/interesting stories of other peoples' experiences with it? Do you know the science associated with it?

What are your thoughts? If you have any, share them!

* My personal thoughts: I WAS skeptical of hypnosis my whole life until a couple months ago. I heard stories, had seen shows, etc., but always thought there was a catch and had always thought the shows were staged. HOWEVER, a couple months ago, my wife and I were married in Vegas. One night we attended a hypnosis show called "Marc Savard Comedy Hypnosis." It was literally one of the funniest experiences of my life and it literally changed my outlook on hypnosis from being a skeptic, to thinking that it is a very real, interesting, entertaining and potentially hilarious phenomenon. My wife and I were actually participants on the show. I didn't last long (for I didn't become hypnotized), but my wife did and it was absolutely hilarious. The highlight of my entire Vegas trip (with an exception of getting married).

For those of you who are interested and have time to kill (like an hour to hour and a half or so), here are the youtube videos of the show in which my wife and I were participants. The show is funny as hell. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out which participants my wife and I are and I will probably get razzed about my wife's behavior on the show, but I don't care...I thought it was hilarious.

She was nervous the entire time and constantly asking, "omg, did everyone think I was stupid?" Which I had to repeatedly reassure her, "no, people thought you were hilarious." She was laughing hysterically simultaneously...especially during the air guitar, freezing cold temperature and trying to get warm under dorky guy's shirt, the snake part and the pole-dancer tryout.

That is awesome, man. The snake part and the freezing cold part had me cracking up.

That is awesome, man. The snake part and the freezing cold part had me cracking up.

, me too! And the fact that the Savard guy asked the nerdy dude she was trying to keep warm with what he was doing because she just got married and all he said was, "congratulations." That was probably the hardest I laughed throughout the entire show...that and when she burst off her chair to play the air guitar...it's just so uncharacteristic of her to be able to do that without cracking a smile...not to mention, she hates "Rob Zombie-esque" music. I also laughed my ass off at the pole dancer tryout although I was nervous as hell and was getting ready to jump on stage any second if she started taking her clothes off.

, me too! And the fact that the Savard guy asked the nerdy dude she was trying to keep warm with what he was doing because she just got married and all he said was, "congratulations." That was probably the hardest I laughed throughout the entire show...that and when she burst off her chair to play the air guitar...it's just so uncharacteristic of her to be able to do that without cracking a smile...not to mention, she hates "Rob Zombie-esque" music. I also laughed my ass off at the pole dancer tryout although I was nervous as hell and was getting ready to jump on stage any second if she started taking her clothes off.

Yea I felt awkward for you there. You just never know, but at least the guy kept reminding them that they were in public. I really want to go see this now. Cool stuff.

Yea I felt awkward for you there. You just never know, but at least the guy kept reminding them that they were in public. I really want to go see this now. Cool stuff.

Yeah, that's the main reason why I people refrained from taking their clothes off, IMO. What sucked, was the fact that I was so caught up in the moment that I didn't even hear him say that at the time.